292 FROM PAULOVSKOY, TO THE 
chap, the business ; for that fifteen of his confede- 
- X ’-' , rates had made an oath, to be revenged, not 
only upon the girl, but upon all her family, for 
her inconstancy to him. 
The Governor provided us with a powerful 
escort ; and early in the morning we continued 
our journey: The roads have been all changed, 
since Gfnelin, and other travellers, visited this 
part of Russia. We proceeded from Paulovshoy 
Kazmtkoy t 0 Kazinshoy Ckutor, village inhabited by 
tVl0r ' Malo-Russians and Russians mingled together. 
The distinction between the two people might 
be made without the smallest inquiry, from the 
striking contrast they exhibited of filth and 
cleanliness. In the stable of the post-house we 
found about twenty horses, kept with a degree 
of order and neatness which would have done 
credit to any nobleman’s stud in Britain. The 
house of the poor superintendant villager was 
equally admirable: every thing appeared clean 
and decent: there was no litter; nor was any 
thing out of its place. It was quite a new 
thing to us, to hesitate whether we should 
clean our boots before walking into an apart- 
ment, on the floor of which we would rather 
have placed our dinner than upon the table ol 
any Russian prince. 
